As you can guess from my blog, I love reading books! I'm doing this just for fun, to share my love for books, but I'll always write an honest review for every book I read, it doesn't matter if it's a book I bought myself, a book I borrowed or a book that was sent to me from the publisher or the author. I read & love books from all genres & for all ages! I also love participating in reading challenges & read-a-thons, too!

Summary:

For Tristan Hart, everything changes with one crashing wave.

He
was gone for three days. Sucked out to sea in a tidal wave and spit
back ashore at Coney Island with no memory of what happened. Now his
dreams are haunted by a terrifying silver mermaid with razor-sharp
teeth.

His best friend Layla is convinced something is wrong. But
how can he explain he can sense emotion like never before? How can he
explain he's heir to a kingdom he never knew existed? That he's suddenly
a pawn in a battle as ancient as the gods.

Something happened to him in those three days. He was claimed by the sea...and now it wants him back.

My Thoughts on the Book:

The world was interesting enough, as well as the story, but for over half of this book I had trouble liking the characters.

Tristan was really funny, and although I wouldn't say unlikable character, there was just something that stopped me from liking him, though after the quest was announced, (and I totally perked up at the mention of it), I kinda started warming up to him, and when The Vicious Deep was over, I liked him as a character, and I was definitely eager to pick up the next book The Savage Blue.

I also really didn't like Kurt & Maddy, (and most of Tristan's friends, with the exception of Ryan, who was the only likable character among them), definitely undecided about Gwen, but I'm pretty sure I don't like her, and as for Layla, she was only likable enough (ok character, but I didn't like or dislike her). The only two characters that I liked right away were Thalia & Marty, though Tristan's father, mother & grandfather were also likable enough. So, yeah, all of that diminished my enjoyment. When you really like/love as characters only two of the secondary characters, it definitely influences on the whole reading experience.

Also, I found the story a little bit boring & predictable. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen for over half of the book, but when the quest was announced, I was really happy, because finally there was something to keep me interested. It has been such a long time since I've read a book with a quest, so I definitely perked up (it sounds weird using this word/expression, but it describes me perfectly at that moment). So, what I thought will be a typical YA fantasy novel featuring merpeople, turned out to be a nice mix of adventure, fantasy & paranormal, and I kinda started enjoying myself more & more, and I'm really looking forward to reading the sequel now. From here, it can only get better (I hope).

If you enjoy books with mermaids, interesting worlds & quests, The Vicious Deep is a nice beginning to a new trilogy, and I recommend it!

"Stories are like spiders, with all they long legs, and stories are like spiderwebs, which man gets himself all tangled up in but which look so pretty when you see them under a leaf in the morning dew, and in the elegant way that they connect to one another, each to each."